Brake for vehicles and other uses



July 14, 1953 P. FARKAS 2,645,311

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BRAKE FOR VEHICLES AND OTHER USES Filed May 27, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented July 14, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE Pierre Farkas, Paris, France Application May 27, 1946, Serial No. 672,517

In France August 2, 1945 v p 9 Claims. (01. 188-79) 1 This invention relates to brakes for vehicles and other similar uses and more particularly to drum brakes comprising segmental shoes having a large width of braking contact between the shoes and the drum and more particularly to such brakes having twin sets of shoes.

It is an object of the invention to provide in i such brake a control device which acts positively to apply the sets of shoes with an adequate power without substantial manual effort.

Another object of the invention is to provide a juxtaposed individual adjusting device for each in brakes of the type. described, sets of shoes comprising each a number of pairs of short shoes in which the two shoes'of each pair are connected by a pivotal device having resilient members which frictionally maintainssaid pairs of shoes in a self-adjusted relation.

set of shoes, with the operating members for It is still another object of the invention to" provide, in a brake having twin sets of brake shoes, a single operating means for actuating all of said sets of shoes and an individual adjusting means for each shoe of said sets.

According to the invention, a brake for vehicles and similar uses comprises at least two juxtaposed sets of segmental shoes arranged in a drum, which is provided with a single actuating device acting on said sets of shoes and with one adjusting device for each of the sets Of shoes, this arrangement enabling to adjust each set of shoes bearing on a smallwidth of the inner surface of the drum and making sure that all the shoes bear with accuracy with a substantially uniform pressure on said surfacewhen applied.

In. the preferred form of the invention, each set of shoes is connected with a control toggle and all of thetoggles are connected with each other by a rocking lever, in the case of twin brakes,

which is connected with and actuated by the 1 control gear.

The novel features'tliat are considered characteristic of the invention are'set forth with particularity in the appended claims. 'The invention itself, however; both as toits organization and its method of operation, togetherwith additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following descriptionof specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like.

reference characters indicate like partsthrough out and in which: r

Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation ofa preferred invention.

form of brake; in accordance with'the present Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 11-11 of Fig. 1. f

Fig. 3 "is a cross-sectional view taken along 1ineIIIIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side view in elevation showing a modification.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along'line V--V of Fig. 4. V

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of Fig. 4.

Figs. 7 and 8 are a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 6 but showing modifications thereof.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX IX of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view of modified form of control device.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary side view in elevation showing a modified'form of control device.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along line XII-XII of Fig. 11 and showing only half of the brake with the control device on only one set of the twin set of shoes; and

Figs. 13 and 14 are views similar to Figs. 11 and 12, respectively, illustrating the actuation of the control device and with the shoes in the spaced position.

Referringnow to the drawings, specifically to -vided with the usual brake linings 6, I, 8 and 9, '6, 1', 8, and 9', respectively and have inwardly extending webs 22, I0, H0 and23 and 22', 10', H0, and23, respectively. These shoes are mounted in twin sets on opposite sides'of a fixed plate 43 which is positionedcentrally of abrake drum 1, as shownin FiguresZ, 3 and 5,

the segments bein'g juxtaposed in pairs 2 and 2', 5 and 5, 3 and 3 and 4 and 4, theelements of the twin-set bein identical to the set shown fin Figure 1.

This brake is of the type wherein both pairs of upper segments 2, 2 and 3, 3' of 'the twin sets of shoes bear freely against a sto p ll fixed on the p1ate43 within the drum l and both pairs of lower segments 5, 5' and 4, 4 are connected by two adjustment devices, respectively. The

adjustment devices comprise a housing or block 12 which isfixed to the plate 43 by bolts 44 and in which are adjustablestuds l3 and 13 of well known typeand respectively interposed between the segments 4.5 and 4, 5. The adjustable gears respectively In mesh with bevel pinions l6 studs [3, l3 are adjusted by means of bevel and l|;carried by actuating rods l4 and I5 journalled in bores 18 and I9 in the block 12 and -3 having squares or other key elements 20 and 2| on their outer ends. The rods l4 and. I5 are disposed obliquely relative to each other. Springs 45,45 extend between the webs 23, Ill] and 23', H8 respectively and bias the sets of shoe seg- V ments toward each other.

The segments 2 and 5 have their webs 22 and 23 connected by a compensating means comprising a connecting link 24 which is pivotally secured to said webs by bolts 25 and 26, respectively. Resilient washers are seated on the bolts 25' and 26 to frictionally engage and retain the webs 22 and 23 in adjusted angular relationship with the link 24. A compensating spring 2! biases the webs toward one another. The webs Ill and H0 of the segments 3.and 4 are also connected by a compensating means or link 28 with similar bolts and resilient washers and a similar compensating spring 29 which likewise biases said webs and segments toward each other.

Moreover, the webs 22 and ll] of the segments ,2 and 3 are connected by a spacing toggle, best shown in Figs. 1 and 3, comprising an angle lever 30 and a link 3|, each pivotally connected to one 'of said webs and both of which straddle said webs and are pivotally connected to each other at their adjacent inner ends in offset position or relation to simultaneously draw all of said pair of sets of webs and shoes toward each other or against and limited by fixed stop H or to separate and expand the shoes into braking engagement or action against theinner side of the drum.

of said segments and b ias the segment ends against the; fixed stop mounted on the plate 43. A similar toggle and sprin arrangement connects the webs of the parallel segments 2' A spring |3| is connected to the adjacent ends pins or fingers 41 and 41' respectively. The pins or fingers 46 and 46 and 41 and 41 are provided with notches 48 and 48' and 49 and 49' respectively, within which the ends of two'sets 50 and 5| of angle or bent-levers are seated over bearing parts or sleeves 53a and held separated or expanded by a spring 54a with. interposed washers at its ends. 5| are covered by a cap 52 threaded on a rod 53 which extends through a cap 54 covering the outer ends of the levers 56. The outer surface of the cap 54 bears against the end of a sleeve 55 which terminates in a cup 56 forming the bottom of a cylinder 51. A piston 58 is slidable in the cylinder 51 and is fast with the rod 53. A spring 59, within the chamber 62 of the cylinder biases the piston 58 outwardly. A channel 68, connected with a liquid supply conduit 6|, opens into the chamber 62 located behind the piston 58., In addition, the end of a cable 63 is secured to the piston 58, and is surrounded by a sheath 64 which bears against and is secured to the outer end 65 of the cylinder 57.

To apply the brake incorporating this modification, a pull upon the cable 63 moves the piston 58 and rod 53 and thus draws the cap 52 against the bent levers 5|. Through the reaction of the sheath 64 against the cylinder 51, the sleeve 55 is pressed against the cap 54 on the bent levers 50. Thus, both said pairs of bent levers 50 and 5| push the pins 46, 46 and 41, 41' respectively fixed with the segments and therefore, expand the shoes for braking action.

The control can also be effected through hydraulic means by directing liquid under pressure through the conduit 6| and the channel 68 into 'the chamber 62 where said liquid acts, on the secured mid-way of its ends by a pivot 38 to a link 39 that, in turn, is secured by a pivot 40 to a beam 4| that is swiveled on a pivot 42 carried by a bracket 4|a on the backing plate 43a of the brake. A spring 42' is connected to the beam 4| and anchored to the backing plate 43a and biases the beam to relax the brake shoes. The free end M of the beam 4| is connected with a control member to be pulled in the direction of the arrow fagainst spring 42' for operating the brake.

In view of the preceding description, it is ob- -viousthat the four segments 2, 3, 4, 5 can be 'adjusted with precision'by means of the adjustingdeviceactuated by the rod I4 and that the four adjacent segments2', 3', 4' and 5' can be adjusted by means of the rod l5. On the other hand, the-whole unit, formed of the eight seg-' ments, is controlled for braking by the single control member connected with the beam 4| at 4| due to the fact that the rocking lever 3'! simultaneously draws on the toggles 303| of the twin sets of shoes. Thus, the adjustment can. be effected with precision on the reduced width of the braking surface controlled by eachshoe of four segments, while the control is effected simultaneously on the whole of said braking surface. Figs. 4 to 6 show a similar brake provided with another type of control device and a modified adjusting device. The webs 22 and 22'ofthe segments 2 and 2' are provided with pins or.

fingers 46 and 46' respectively, and the toggle .levers 30a and 30a, pivoted to the webs l0 and |,0 of the segments 3 and 3', are provided with one hand, against the piston 58 which thus draws the cap 52 against the bent levers 5| and, on the other hand, against the bottom 56 of the cylinder which pushesthe cap 54 and the bent levers 58. Thus, both pairs of shoes are actuated simultaneously. 7 V

The modified adjusting device, as shown in Fig. 6, comprises a block l2a, as in Figs. 1 and -2, and,

while the device comprises the same basic ele-' ments, it difiers in that the control shafts 66 and 61 are concentric. The shaft 66 carries a worm 68 driving a worm-gear 69 actuating the adjusting stud |3a engaging the segments 4 and 5 while the shaft 61 comprises a sleevesurrounding the shaft 66 and carrying a worm 10 driving a worm-gear 1| actuating the adjusting stud I3a' engaging the segments 4' and 5'.

Another modification of an adjusting device employing the adjustable studs l3 and I3 is shown in Fig. '7 wherein the two actuating shafts l2 and 13 project outwardly on each side of the block I2b, each drivingly engaging by means of bevel pinions with the bevel gears of'the' adjusting studs l3 and I3 respectively.

According to the modifications shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the adjustment is efiected by means of wedges l4 and 75 screwed into internally threaded sleeves l6 and l! in a tubular. block I20 and .bear against sloping cam surfaces on members 18 and 19 which respectively abut the. webs l0 and 23', H8 and 23, H0, respectively, of the -shoe segments. The wedges l4 and 15 are provided with; square or polygonal sockets or with -9, slot to permit their actuation by means of a key or any other tool. I

The modification shown in Fig. 10 comprises rollers 88 and 8|, and 82 and 83 journalled on to the ends of the webs l8 and III and 22 and The outer ends of the levers 22" of the segments and which bear against two wedges 84 and 81. One of the wedges 84 is fast with a rod 85 that is fastened to a diaphragm 86, while the other of the wedges 81 is fast with a sleeve 88 fastened to the bottom 89 of a bellows containing the diaphragm 85. The chamber 99 of the bellows, on the side of the diaphragm opposed to that facing the bottom 89, is in communication with a conduit I receiving, for instance, the partial vacuum of an engine. Upon evacuation, or partial evacuation, of the chamber 99, the diaphragm 86 is drawn outwardly and this pulling effect is transmitted by the rod 85 to the wedge 84 which acts upon the rollers BI and 82 to expand the brake shoes. Simultaneously, the bottom 89 of the bellows acts through reaction upon the sleeve 88 and the wedge 81 which separate the rollers 80 and 83 and thereby expand their brake shoes.

The modification of the control device shown in Figs. 11 to 14, is similar to the device of Figs. 4 and 5 with the difference that it directly bears against the segments while the device of Figs. 4 and 5 acts, through the medium of a toggle, obliquely with respect to the radius of the brake. It will be noted that Figures 12' and 14 show only half the brake with only one of the twin sets of shoes but it will be understood that the apparatus is duplicated as shown in Figure 5. In

this modification, bent levers 99 and 9| engage b a cap 92 at their adjacent endsand have their other ends seated in notches provided in two members 93 and 94 fast with the segments. A rod 95 is connected at one end with the cap 92 and at the other end to a control member (not shown). A spring 96 tends to maintain the pieces in the position shown in Figs. 11 and 12. When the rod 95 and the cap 92 are pulled, both levers 9i] and 9| turn upon their bearings 91, 9S,

and 91' and 98 respectively, to assume the posiapplying brakes, while those of Figs. 8 and 9 as well as the control device of Figs. 11 to 14 are more particularly adapted for non-self-applying brakes. Although the disclosure comprises juxtaposed pairs of shoes, it is obvious that it would also be possible to arrange side by side three or more sets of shoes and to provide said each set of shoes with independent adjusting members while having a single control device for actuating all of the shoes simultaneously and in a balanced manner.

Although a certain specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is obvious that many modifications thereof are possible. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted except insofar as is necessitated by the prior art and by the spirit of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A brake comprising a fixed part, a drum for connection to a rotating member, two sets of juxtaposed brake shoes of four segmental arcuate quarter sections each, each set comprising two diametrically opposed radially aligned separate pairs of such sections pivotally connected by links with their adjacent aligned upper and lower ends spaced apart and limited in their movements toward each other, spring meansindependently biasing the adjacent upper and lower ends of the pairs of each shoe toward each other, means carried by said fixed part and between the corresponding spaced aligned lower ends of each pair of shoes to individually adjust said ends of each pair into expanded or contracted positions relative to the drum, and a single actuating means also carried by said fixed part and between and common to the corresponding adjacent upper ends of all of said pairs of both sets of shoes for simultaneously expanding or contracting all of said pairs and both sets of shoes relative to the drum independently of said adjusting means to simultaneously apply or release all of said shoes to or from the drum respectively.

2. A brake as defined in claim 1 wherein said actuating means comprises notched fingers carried by said webs near their adjacent ends, a pair of angular levers for each shoe and disposed with one corresponding pair of their legs substantially parallel and the remaining corresponding pair of their legs extending in opposite directions respectively, a cap for each pair of levers, said levers being mounted with the ends of said oppositely extending legs engaged in the notches of said fingers respectively and the ends of their parallel legs jointly engaged in the re spective cap, one of said caps having a bore therethrough, theother of said caps being secured to a rod extending through the bore of said first-mentioned cap, a sleeve on said rod and bearing against said first-mentioned cap, a cylinder on said sleeve, a piston in said cylinder and being fast with said rod, a spring interposed between the two pairs of angle levers, a cable secured to said piston, a sheath around said cable and resting against the cylindena pipe supplying a fluid under pressure, and a channel connecting said pipe to the chamber of the cylinder behind said piston.

3. A brake as defined in claim 1 wherein said actuating means comprises rollers mounted on the ends of said webs, a bellows containing a diaphragm and having an aperture in one side, a sleeve fixed to said side and concentric with said aperture, a rod mounted in said sleeve and connected with said diaphragm, a wedge fast with said rod, a second wedge fast with said sleeve, and a conduit connected to said bellows on the side opposite the apertured side.

4. A brake comprising a drum having a braking surface, two sets of shoes juxtaposed across the width of the braking surface of said drum, each of said shoes having a web, notched pieces carried by saidwebs, a pair of angle levers for each shoe and disposed with one corresponding pair of their legs substantially parallel and the remaining corresponding pair of their legsextending in opposite directions respectively, a cap for each pair of levers, said levers being mounted with their oppositely extending ends engaged in the notches of said piece and their other ends engaged in said cap, and control means operatively connected with said caps.

5. A brake comprising a fixed part, a drum for connection to a rotating member, two sets of juxtaposed brake shoes of four segmental arcuate quarter sections each, each set comprising two diametrically opposed radially aligned separate pairs of such sections pivotally connected by links with their adjacent aligned upper and lower ends spaced apart and limited in their movements toward each other, means carried by said fixed part and between the corresponding spaced aligned lower ends of each pair of shoes to inother pair ofshoes of each set radially aligned with and spaced from the upper ends of the upper sections to which the angle levers are pivoted, said link'being pivoted at its other end to the free inner end of the ofiset of each angle lever and extending angularly in the same direction and substantially parallel to said angle lever, a U-shaped member having its legs straddling and pivoted to the free end of each angle lever, a rectilinear rocking lever pivoted at its opposite ends to the bights of the U-shaped members, a second link pivoted at one end to the rocking lever intermediately thereof and a rectilinear beam pivoted at one end to the other end of the second link and fulcrumed intermediately to said fixed partand resiliently held outwardly at its link attached end to move the rocking lever and outer ends of'the pair of angle levers outwardly to normally draw the adjacent radially aligned ends of the opposed pairs of sections toward each other to contract and disengage all of the sections of both sets of shoes,

the other end of the beam being connec ed to an actuating control member to swing the beam on its fulcrum in the opposite direction against said resiliently to .pull the ends of the angle levers pivoted to the U-shaped members inwardly tending to straighten out both toggles and move said spaced upper ends of the upper sections of the opposed pairs of sections of both sets of shoes further away from each other in expanded brake-applying positions.

6. A brake, comprising adrum, two sets of juxtaposed sets of arcuat e shoes with'inwardly extending webs, each set composed of two opposed pairs of shoes with articulate connections between adjacent ends of the shoes of each pair and the other adjacent ends of the respective pairs of shoes spaced apart, all of said adjacent pairs of ends being resiliently biased toward each other, a fixed stop between diametrically opposite spaced-apart ends to limit the movement of said ends toward each other, means for individually adjusting and expanding corresponding spaced-apart ends of the pairs of shoes at one side of the drum, individual articulated connections between and positively connecting the other corresponding spaced-apart ends of the pairs of shoes at the other side of the drum diametrically opposite the first-men'- tioned' spaced-apart ends, and lever operated means pivotally connected in balanced positions to both of. said articulated connections to simul- V taneously actuate said connections to apply all of the shoes to the drum in unison with uniform braking pressure.

7. A brake comprising a drum, two sets of four shoes in radially extending aligned opposed. pairs,

said sets being in spaced parallel relation to each other, a control toggle including a link and a crank lever interposed between the ends of the opposed pairs of the shoes of each set, a U-shaped connection pivoted to and straddling the free ends of the crank levers, a rocking lever having its opposite ends pivotally connected to the intermediate portions of the U-shaped connections, a link connecting the middle of said rocking lever to an end of a beam swivelled on a fixed pin and connected at its other end to a control member for simultaneously applying all of the opposed pairs of both sets of shoes to the drum with uniform pressure.

8. A brake comprising a drum, two sets of pairs of pivotally connected arcuateshoes, a control toggle interposed between corresponding certain adjacent ends of the shoes of each set, said toggle comprising an angle lever pivotally connected to corresponding ends of one pair of shoes, a link pivotally connected to the other corresponding ends of the other pair of shoes and also pivotally connected to said angle lever in inwardly offset position relative to said pivotal connection of said angle lever to the shoes, a rocking lever connecting the other end of the angle lever, and control means operatively connected with said rocking segmental arcuate quarter sections with internal webs and arranged in opposed pairs pivotally connected at their adjacent ends by self-adjusting mean in the form of links and resiliently held toward each other to conform to the interior of the drum, the other ends of the sections of each set being spaced apart and resiliently held toward each other, a housing at one end of said stationary member and extending between the adjacent spaced-apart ends of two sections of each set of shoes, individually adjustable positioning devices in said housing and respectively engaging the webs of the adjacent ends of each set of shoes for separately adjusting'only the spacing of said ends of each set of shoes, a fixed stop on the opposite end of said stationary member between and for abutment by the opposite ends of the other two sections of each set of shoes, and a single control device pivotally mounted on said stationary member and engaging the adjacent ends of said other two sections of each set of shoes on opposite sides of said fixed stop for simultaneously actuating only all of said sets of shoes for causing all of the sections of said twin sets of shoes to uniformly engage and exert braking pressure against the drum.

PIERRE FARKAS.

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